It’s been 16 years since Christine Jeffs’ last feature, the seriocomic Amerindie sleeper “Sunshine Cleaning,” with Amy Adams and Emily Blunt. Her new feature “A Mistake” hews back to her 2001 debut, “Rain,” in that it is set in her native New Zealand and adapts its script from a Kiwi author (in this case Carl Shuker’s fifth novel). Though not a knockout, the director’s return affirms her knack for intelligent adult drama, here hinging on issues of medical ethics and bureaucracy — Elizabeth Banks plays an Auckland surgeon whose reputation and career are threatened when a patient dies after what had been anticipated as a routine procedure. Quiver Distribution is releasing the Tribeca-premiered film to 100+ U.S. theaters this Friday.
The distractingly named Elizabeth Taylor (Banks) is a highly regarded specialist, woken from a nap during one long night-shift by an emergency: A patient previously discharged as having minor ailments...
The distractingly named Elizabeth Taylor (Banks) is a highly regarded specialist, woken from a nap during one long night-shift by an emergency: A patient previously discharged as having minor ailments...
- 9/20/2024
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
“A Mistake” is a new ‘medical drama’ feature, written and directed by Christine Jeffs, based on the novel by Carl Shuker, starring Elizabeth Banks, Simon McBurney, Mickey Sumner, Rena Owen, Richard Crouchley and Matthew Sunderland, with a theatrical release Tba:
“…a respected surgeon makes a fateful decision during an operation, by allowing a young colleague to take charge.
“Then when a ‘mistake’ occurs, the surgeon finds herself in a difficult situation…”
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“…a respected surgeon makes a fateful decision during an operation, by allowing a young colleague to take charge.
“Then when a ‘mistake’ occurs, the surgeon finds herself in a difficult situation…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 9/4/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
How to watch the X Slasher Franchise in release and chronological order. (Photo Credit – Instagram)
The X film series is surely one of the most acclaimed slasher film franchises of contemporary times. With its blend of horror, thrill, and sultry scenes, the intertwined story of Maxine and Pearl truly stands out. Written and directed by Ti West, and starring Mia Goth in the lead, the film series follows an adult film star being chased by a serial killer.
The franchise is relatively fresh, with its inception in 2022; however, it already comprises three exciting films, including a prequel and a sequel. Moreover, two of the films were released in the same year, which makes the timeline of the series a bit complicated for first-time watchers. So, here are all the details you need about how you can watch the X slasher film franchise in release order, as well as in chronological order.
The X film series is surely one of the most acclaimed slasher film franchises of contemporary times. With its blend of horror, thrill, and sultry scenes, the intertwined story of Maxine and Pearl truly stands out. Written and directed by Ti West, and starring Mia Goth in the lead, the film series follows an adult film star being chased by a serial killer.
The franchise is relatively fresh, with its inception in 2022; however, it already comprises three exciting films, including a prequel and a sequel. Moreover, two of the films were released in the same year, which makes the timeline of the series a bit complicated for first-time watchers. So, here are all the details you need about how you can watch the X slasher film franchise in release order, as well as in chronological order.
- 7/4/2024
- by Jashandeep Singh
- KoiMoi
Spoiler Warning: This story discusses plot details from “X” and “Pearl.”
Maxine f——ing Minx is ready to take ‘1980s Hollywood, so get ready to hear “I’m a star!” one more time as the third and final installment in Ti West’s horror trilogy hits theaters on July 5.
“MaXXXine” centers around an adult film star and aspiring actress named Maxine (Mia Goth) who finally makes it big with her first feature film. She’s the only survivor of the massacre that took place in the trilogy’s opener, “X,” but now, she’s the target of another killer—the Night Stalker. With Maxine and her friends’ lives in danger yet again, the horror of her past begins to unravel.
Before heading to the theaters for “MaXXXine,” here’s what you need to know from West’s past films:
“X” (2022)
The first two films in the trilogy were shot back-to-back...
Maxine f——ing Minx is ready to take ‘1980s Hollywood, so get ready to hear “I’m a star!” one more time as the third and final installment in Ti West’s horror trilogy hits theaters on July 5.
“MaXXXine” centers around an adult film star and aspiring actress named Maxine (Mia Goth) who finally makes it big with her first feature film. She’s the only survivor of the massacre that took place in the trilogy’s opener, “X,” but now, she’s the target of another killer—the Night Stalker. With Maxine and her friends’ lives in danger yet again, the horror of her past begins to unravel.
Before heading to the theaters for “MaXXXine,” here’s what you need to know from West’s past films:
“X” (2022)
The first two films in the trilogy were shot back-to-back...
- 7/3/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety Film + TV
Pearl, the highly acclaimed prequel to Ti West’s X, is a hauntingly beautiful exploration of ambition, madness, and the darker side of the American Dream. Released mere months after its predecessor, Pearl dives deep into the backstory of its titular character, offering audiences a glimpse into the origins of the sinister figure they met in X.
Set in 1918, the film transports us to a world ravaged by the Spanish flu pandemic and the aftermath of World War I. The film’s protagonist, Pearl (Mia Goth), is a young woman living on a remote farm with her strict German mother (Tandi Wright) and her paralysed father (Matthew Sunderland). Her husband, Howard, is away fighting in the war. Pearl dreams of escaping her monotonous life to become a movie star, an aspiration fueled by the films she obsessively watches and the fantasies she concocts while performing for the farm animals.
West...
Set in 1918, the film transports us to a world ravaged by the Spanish flu pandemic and the aftermath of World War I. The film’s protagonist, Pearl (Mia Goth), is a young woman living on a remote farm with her strict German mother (Tandi Wright) and her paralysed father (Matthew Sunderland). Her husband, Howard, is away fighting in the war. Pearl dreams of escaping her monotonous life to become a movie star, an aspiration fueled by the films she obsessively watches and the fantasies she concocts while performing for the farm animals.
West...
- 6/30/2024
- by Tom Atkinson
- Love Horror
The 2024 Tribeca Festival kicked off June 5 with the world premiere of the documentary Diane Furstenberg: Woman In Charge, launching the 12-day New York-set fest that features narrative and documentary competitions as well as a slew of A-list panels that always seem to make news.
Among the 108 feature films in this year’s lineup includes world premieres of movies starring Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone, Elizabeth Banks, Naomie Harris and Jenna Ortega to name a few. In addition to Furstenberg, high profile documentaries include Brats, Andrew McCarthy’s look back at the Brat Pack, and ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!, about South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone restoring an iconic Colorado restaurant.
Check out Deadline’s reviews from the festival, and keep checking back as new titles are added. Click on the film’s title to read our full review.
Brats ‘Brats’
Section: Spotlight
Directors: Andrew McCarthy
With: Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy,...
Among the 108 feature films in this year’s lineup includes world premieres of movies starring Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone, Elizabeth Banks, Naomie Harris and Jenna Ortega to name a few. In addition to Furstenberg, high profile documentaries include Brats, Andrew McCarthy’s look back at the Brat Pack, and ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!, about South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone restoring an iconic Colorado restaurant.
Check out Deadline’s reviews from the festival, and keep checking back as new titles are added. Click on the film’s title to read our full review.
Brats ‘Brats’
Section: Spotlight
Directors: Andrew McCarthy
With: Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy,...
- 6/15/2024
- by Valerie Complex, Damon Wise and Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Elizabeth Banks has one of her best roles to date in A Mistake, the New Zealand-set medical drama that had its world premiere Friday night at the Tribeca Festival.
It might be easy to forget that Banks is one of the best actors out there, especially since she also is known these days as a director (most recently Cocaine Bear) and even game show host (Press Your Luck). But as her most recent acting work in films like The Beanie Bubble and Call Jane proves again, she has real acting chops and always has. Therefore it is nice to see her sink her teeth into a major lead role in an intense but understated and dedicated turn as a brilliant and confident surgeon whose one routine mistake during an operation spirals out of control. In the process, her life becomes a mess, making her question just exactly who she really is,...
It might be easy to forget that Banks is one of the best actors out there, especially since she also is known these days as a director (most recently Cocaine Bear) and even game show host (Press Your Luck). But as her most recent acting work in films like The Beanie Bubble and Call Jane proves again, she has real acting chops and always has. Therefore it is nice to see her sink her teeth into a major lead role in an intense but understated and dedicated turn as a brilliant and confident surgeon whose one routine mistake during an operation spirals out of control. In the process, her life becomes a mess, making her question just exactly who she really is,...
- 6/8/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
A24 has revealed the official trailer and poster for MaXXXine, which is the final installment of the X trilogy following X and Pearl. The slasher film was written and directed by Ti West.
The movie stars Mia Goth, who reprises her role as Maxine (and also serves as producer) alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, and Lily Collins, with Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon.
Her dream was to be a star… but Hollywood can be a killer. In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
MaXXXine is scheduled to open in theaters on July 5, 2024. The film is not yet rated, though both X and Pearl received an R rating.
Released in 2022, X stars Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow,...
The movie stars Mia Goth, who reprises her role as Maxine (and also serves as producer) alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, and Lily Collins, with Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon.
Her dream was to be a star… but Hollywood can be a killer. In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
MaXXXine is scheduled to open in theaters on July 5, 2024. The film is not yet rated, though both X and Pearl received an R rating.
Released in 2022, X stars Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Ti West's 2022 horror film "Pearl" takes place in 1918 in a particularly remote region of Texas. Pearl (Mia Goth) lives on a secluded farm with her cold and abusive mother (Tandi Wright) and her paralyzed father (Matthew Sunderland) who requires constant care. Pearl longs for escape, seeing her farm-bound home as the ultimate prison. She can only taste the world of the big city's glamor through glimpses of silent movies she's able to catch at the miles-away movie house. Pearl's mother berates her for wasting money on movies, and Pearl is often punished for seeing them, but it's all she can dream about. Pearl's dreams of escape are encouraged by the theater's kindly projectionist (David Corenswet), who lets her in the movies for free. Pearl is also incredibly sexually repressed and begins having a brief, secret affair with the projectionist. The two of them watch the 1915 film "A Free Ride,...
- 12/9/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
A new video series called Modern Horror Movie Talk recently made its premiere on the Arrow in the Head Show YouTube channel, and with each episode of this show we’ll be joining host Tyler Nichols as he covers all new horror releases, the latest horror movie news, and new horror trailers. Films discussed in previous episodes of Modern Horror Movie Talk include Cocaine Bear, Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving, The Pope’s Exorcist (a couple times!), the newly released entry in the Children of the Corn franchise, The Blackening, Scream VI, 65, Infinity Pool, Terrifier 2, Knock at the Cabin, Renfield, Evil Dead Rise, Gerald’s Game, Apostle, and It Follows. Now, for the twelfth episode, Tyler is joined by special guests Lance Vlcek and Mike Conway to discuss director Ti West’s X (watch it at This Link) prequel Pearl (watch that one Here). To find out what they had to say about it,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
‘Pearl’, ‘Allelujah’ and ‘Winners’ are also out this weekend.
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods is leading the charge this week at the UK-Ireland box office, opening in 654 sites across the UK and Ireland for Warner Bros.
Star Zachary Levi returns as the hapless crime fighter, with director David F. Sandberg also back for the DC sequel. The 2019 original, Shazam!, topped the box office in its opening weekend in April 2019, taking £4m debut from 603 sites – an average of £6,634.
Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu round out the cast for the sequel, as two Greek gods who want control over planet Earth.
Pathe...
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods is leading the charge this week at the UK-Ireland box office, opening in 654 sites across the UK and Ireland for Warner Bros.
Star Zachary Levi returns as the hapless crime fighter, with director David F. Sandberg also back for the DC sequel. The 2019 original, Shazam!, topped the box office in its opening weekend in April 2019, taking £4m debut from 603 sites – an average of £6,634.
Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu round out the cast for the sequel, as two Greek gods who want control over planet Earth.
Pathe...
- 3/17/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
‘Pearl’, ‘Allelujah’ and ‘Winners’ are also out this weekend.
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods is leading the charge this week at the UK-Ireland box office, opening in 654 sites across the UK and Ireland for Warner Bros.
Star Zachary Levi returns as the hapless crime fighter, with director David F. Sandberg also back for the DC sequel. The 2019 original, Shazam!, topped the box office in its opening weekend in April 2019, taking £4m debut from 603 sites – an average of £6,634.
Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu round out the cast for the sequel, as two Greek gods who want control over planet Earth.
Pathe...
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods is leading the charge this week at the UK-Ireland box office, opening in 654 sites across the UK and Ireland for Warner Bros.
Star Zachary Levi returns as the hapless crime fighter, with director David F. Sandberg also back for the DC sequel. The 2019 original, Shazam!, topped the box office in its opening weekend in April 2019, taking £4m debut from 603 sites – an average of £6,634.
Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu round out the cast for the sequel, as two Greek gods who want control over planet Earth.
Pathe...
- 3/17/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Ti West’s X, released last year, was a Seventies-set slasher about pornographers working on the sly in a remote Texan farmhouse. It was a pleasingly nasty work, if limited by its questionable reliance on treating the ageing body as a source of repulsion. Pearl is its (far superior) prequel, a film written in two weeks by director Ti West and his star Mia Goth, shot in total secrecy and scrawled in bloodied guts and impotent rage. It is a wholly different beast – a tragicomic portrait of a woman so unable to process the falsity of her daydreams that it drives her to murder and mayhem.
In X, Goth played a wannabe pornstar named Maxine and, under layers of prosthetics, an elderly woman named Pearl who craved and resented Maxine’s youth. This film, set in 1918, sees the young Pearl living on the same farmstead featured in X. She is the daughter of immigrant parents,...
In X, Goth played a wannabe pornstar named Maxine and, under layers of prosthetics, an elderly woman named Pearl who craved and resented Maxine’s youth. This film, set in 1918, sees the young Pearl living on the same farmstead featured in X. She is the daughter of immigrant parents,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
A subtle pattern emerged when reflecting upon the year’s standout horror moments and performances: it’s been one hell of a year for knockout monologues. A monologue relays vital information about the story or the character relaying it and supports its central themes, but there’s an art form to its delivery. Some of the most unforgettable performances of 2022 belonged to actors that delivered uncanny, showstopping monologues that glued us to our seats and left us in rapturous awe.
Writer/Director Andrew Semans’s Resurrection explored the psychological toll of abuse via dread-soaked horror. Rebecca Hall stars as Margaret, a savvy career woman with a sturdy head on her shoulders. She’s single-handedly raised an independent teen, Abbie (Grace Kaufman), on the cusp of leaving the nest for college. But Margaret’s carefully assembled life begins to untangle from her grasp when David (Tim Roth), a menacing man from her distant past,...
Writer/Director Andrew Semans’s Resurrection explored the psychological toll of abuse via dread-soaked horror. Rebecca Hall stars as Margaret, a savvy career woman with a sturdy head on her shoulders. She’s single-handedly raised an independent teen, Abbie (Grace Kaufman), on the cusp of leaving the nest for college. But Margaret’s carefully assembled life begins to untangle from her grasp when David (Tim Roth), a menacing man from her distant past,...
- 12/29/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: David Corenswet has been tapped as the male lead in hourlong pilot The Answers, FX’s adaptation of Catherine Lacey’s novel, from Sorry for Your Loss creator Kit Steinkellner, Dopesick creator Danny Strong, Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky and 20th Television.
The story, which has drawn comparisons to The Handmaid’s Tale, is set in the near future, where a heartbroken young woman, Mary, joins an enigmatic experiment that promises to hack love, but after moving into an idyllic, secluded location with her fellow female participants, she and the other women start questioning what’s really happening in the experiment, and why they’ve all been tasked with dating the same mysterious man, Christopher Skye (Corenswet).
Christopher Skye, a movie star, is a man of contradictions. When we first meet him, we are so taken with his talent, charisma, and raw power, we absolutely believe he is...
The story, which has drawn comparisons to The Handmaid’s Tale, is set in the near future, where a heartbroken young woman, Mary, joins an enigmatic experiment that promises to hack love, but after moving into an idyllic, secluded location with her fellow female participants, she and the other women start questioning what’s really happening in the experiment, and why they’ve all been tasked with dating the same mysterious man, Christopher Skye (Corenswet).
Christopher Skye, a movie star, is a man of contradictions. When we first meet him, we are so taken with his talent, charisma, and raw power, we absolutely believe he is...
- 11/29/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
It is the second feature in the horror franchise, following on from ‘X’.
Universal Pictures Content Group has snapped up all international rights to Ti West’s Pearl from A24.
The feature is the second in the horror franchise that kicked off with X, and will be followed by the recently announced third film, MaXXXine.
Pearl had its world premiere at Venice and also played at Toronto and Sitges.
Pearl sees Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Matthew Sunderland, Tandi Wright and Emma Jenkins-Purro star in the origin story of the murderous titular character, played by Goth. Trapped on her family’s isolated farm,...
Universal Pictures Content Group has snapped up all international rights to Ti West’s Pearl from A24.
The feature is the second in the horror franchise that kicked off with X, and will be followed by the recently announced third film, MaXXXine.
Pearl had its world premiere at Venice and also played at Toronto and Sitges.
Pearl sees Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Matthew Sunderland, Tandi Wright and Emma Jenkins-Purro star in the origin story of the murderous titular character, played by Goth. Trapped on her family’s isolated farm,...
- 11/11/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
When our own JimmyO interviewed director Ti West and star Mia Goth about their X (watch it at This Link) prequel Pearl (watch that one Here), West said that he and Goth crafted the script for Pearl together while he was spending two weeks in quarantine before he could start working on X in New Zealand. They would discuss the story and the Pearl character over FaceTime, then work on the script. During an appearance at the Savannah College of Art and Design during the 25th Scad Savannah Film Festival, Goth talked more about the scripting process – and revealed that the creepy smile Pearl gives at the end of the film was something West just thought of when they were on set that day.
If you have watched Pearl – and you should, as both JimmyO and Martin Scorsese recommend it – you’ll surely remember the moment where Goth delivers a...
If you have watched Pearl – and you should, as both JimmyO and Martin Scorsese recommend it – you’ll surely remember the moment where Goth delivers a...
- 10/26/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “Pearl,” a horror film by filmmaker Ti West that is a prequel to last year’s “X”. “Pearl” is set at the same farm as “X,” and tells the story of the old woman from that film. “Pearl” is currently in theaters.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Mia Goth portrays the title character, a dreamy farm girl in 1918 who desires to dance and eventually be in the fledgling movie industry. This is constantly squelched by her stern German mother (Tandi Wright) who resents caring for her invalid father (Matthew Sunderland). But Pearl will not be denied, and sneaks into town to watch more movies, where she hears of a dance audition and is mesmerized by a local projectionist (David Corenswet). There are obstacles in the way, and Pearl will knock them down.
”Pearl” is currently in theaters, including Chicago’s Music Box Theater, click...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Mia Goth portrays the title character, a dreamy farm girl in 1918 who desires to dance and eventually be in the fledgling movie industry. This is constantly squelched by her stern German mother (Tandi Wright) who resents caring for her invalid father (Matthew Sunderland). But Pearl will not be denied, and sneaks into town to watch more movies, where she hears of a dance audition and is mesmerized by a local projectionist (David Corenswet). There are obstacles in the way, and Pearl will knock them down.
”Pearl” is currently in theaters, including Chicago’s Music Box Theater, click...
- 10/3/2022
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Martin Scorsese: A24’s ‘Pearl’ Is So ‘Deeply Disturbing’ That I Had Trouble Falling Asleep Afterward
Martin Scorsese got a little too scared by Ti West’s “Pearl,” the A24-backed “X” prequel starring Mia Goth. In a review sent to A24 and published by /Film, Scorsese called “Pearl” a “deeply disturbing” horror movie that is “mesmerizing” and “wild.” West and Goth co-wrote the prequel, which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
“Ti West’s movies have a kind of energy that is so rare these days, powered by a pure, undiluted love for cinema,” Scorsese said. “You feel it in every frame. A prequel to ‘X’ made in a diametrically opposite cinematic register (think ’50s Scope color melodramas), ‘Pearl’ makes for a wild, mesmerizing, deeply — and I mean deeply — disturbing 102 minutes. West and his muse and creative partner Mia Goth really know how to toy with their audience… before they plunge the knife into our chests and start twisting.”
Scorsese added, “I was enthralled,...
“Ti West’s movies have a kind of energy that is so rare these days, powered by a pure, undiluted love for cinema,” Scorsese said. “You feel it in every frame. A prequel to ‘X’ made in a diametrically opposite cinematic register (think ’50s Scope color melodramas), ‘Pearl’ makes for a wild, mesmerizing, deeply — and I mean deeply — disturbing 102 minutes. West and his muse and creative partner Mia Goth really know how to toy with their audience… before they plunge the knife into our chests and start twisting.”
Scorsese added, “I was enthralled,...
- 9/19/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
"Breathe in the clear air, and out the blackness…" Netflix has released an official trailer for an acclaimed, super dark Australian thriller titled The Stranger, made by actor / director Thomas M. Wright. This first premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival back in May, just played at the Melbourne Film Festival, and is also stopping by the London Film Festival before debuting on Netflix in October. A small circle of seasoned undercover cops must pose as a vast and influential criminal network to catch a murderer who has evaded conviction for eight years. Joel Edgerton stars as Mark, a cop who perilously finds himself descending deeper into hell while trying to establish a relationship with a dangerous murder suspect. The film unravels as it plays out, initially you don't know who's who and what's going on, with details coming to light as the story continues. Also starring Sean Harris, Steve Mouzakis,...
- 9/19/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
This article contains major spoilers for "Pearl."
The distinction of the greatest cinematic one-two punch of the year has to go to director Ti West. Not only did "X" reign as one of the best horror flicks of the year so far, but less than six months later, West had the colorful nightmare prequel known as "Pearl" ready for a theatrical release. Time will tell if it gains traction over its predecessor, but as it stands, "Pearl" is an absolute blast.
Where "X" was a tremendously entertaining ode to its '70s exploitation roots, "Pearl," on the other hand, is an unhinged beast all its own, emulating a bloody concoction of "Psycho," "Cinderella," and "The Wizard of Oz." Mia Goth is a ferocious presence who eats up the screen at every available opportunity. While we've already become acquainted with her "X" character, the much younger Pearl is a whole different experience.
The distinction of the greatest cinematic one-two punch of the year has to go to director Ti West. Not only did "X" reign as one of the best horror flicks of the year so far, but less than six months later, West had the colorful nightmare prequel known as "Pearl" ready for a theatrical release. Time will tell if it gains traction over its predecessor, but as it stands, "Pearl" is an absolute blast.
Where "X" was a tremendously entertaining ode to its '70s exploitation roots, "Pearl," on the other hand, is an unhinged beast all its own, emulating a bloody concoction of "Psycho," "Cinderella," and "The Wizard of Oz." Mia Goth is a ferocious presence who eats up the screen at every available opportunity. While we've already become acquainted with her "X" character, the much younger Pearl is a whole different experience.
- 9/19/2022
- by Matthew Bilodeau
- Slash Film
Plot: The twisted prequel to Ti West’s X explores the early years of Pearl, a young woman obsessed with fame. So much so that she’d commit any act of violence to get what she desired.
Review: In March this year, filmmaker Ti West brought us the wildly entertaining slice of genre goodness, X (read our review Here). The film featured Mia Goth as a young woman named Maxine looking to be a porn star. And it also featured Ms. Goth as the older woman living in the location where the horrors occur. Recently, however, fans of the film discovered that a sequel/prequel was coming to theatres. That film is about Mia’s character, Pearl. Once again, Mia takes on the role of Pearl, but this time in her younger years. Not only did we, as audience members, collectively discover that X had a prequel shot directly after,...
Review: In March this year, filmmaker Ti West brought us the wildly entertaining slice of genre goodness, X (read our review Here). The film featured Mia Goth as a young woman named Maxine looking to be a porn star. And it also featured Ms. Goth as the older woman living in the location where the horrors occur. Recently, however, fans of the film discovered that a sequel/prequel was coming to theatres. That film is about Mia’s character, Pearl. Once again, Mia takes on the role of Pearl, but this time in her younger years. Not only did we, as audience members, collectively discover that X had a prequel shot directly after,...
- 9/16/2022
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
Ti West thrilled me with this year’s fright flick, X. Yet, I was more than a little curious about how good a sequel could possibly be only released a few months later that same year. Thankfully, the prequel Pearl is a delightfully creepy follow-up (read our review). Once again featuring Mia Goth, the latest examines the early years of her character Pearl, with a stunning leading performance. Mia is incredible here, and frankly, so is the rest of the cast. And now, fans of X can check out what West and company have cooked up with the latest. The film also features impressive performances from David Corenswet, Emma Jenkins-Purro, Matthew Sunderland, and Tandi Wright.
We recently sat down for a Zoom conversation with the filmmaker behind the madness, Ti West, as well as the film’s stars, Mia Goth and David Corenswet. I asked both Ti and Mia about...
We recently sat down for a Zoom conversation with the filmmaker behind the madness, Ti West, as well as the film’s stars, Mia Goth and David Corenswet. I asked both Ti and Mia about...
- 9/16/2022
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
Writer/director Ti West returns to the macabre universe he created in X (2022) with the follow-up/origin story, Pearl starring Mia Goth as the sublimely surreal and, well, psychotic titular character.
Longing to escape the confines of the family farm where she is forced to care for her invalid father (Matthew Sunderland) by an oppressive mother (Tandi Wright), young Pearl dreams of leaving home to pursue a dream of movie stardom. Unfortunately, her own inclinations and predilections lead her down a path best left less travelled.
Director West, working from a script by himself and star Goth, revels in the little quirky details that make Pearl’s character so unnerving and horrific, yet simultaneously sympathetic and likable. Likewise, Goth somehow manages to make Pearl somewhat sympathetic before springing her burgeoning psychosis on the audience, making it even more effective and disconcerting.
Mia Goth in “Pearl.”
Playing the grounding projectionist that...
Longing to escape the confines of the family farm where she is forced to care for her invalid father (Matthew Sunderland) by an oppressive mother (Tandi Wright), young Pearl dreams of leaving home to pursue a dream of movie stardom. Unfortunately, her own inclinations and predilections lead her down a path best left less travelled.
Director West, working from a script by himself and star Goth, revels in the little quirky details that make Pearl’s character so unnerving and horrific, yet simultaneously sympathetic and likable. Likewise, Goth somehow manages to make Pearl somewhat sympathetic before springing her burgeoning psychosis on the audience, making it even more effective and disconcerting.
Mia Goth in “Pearl.”
Playing the grounding projectionist that...
- 9/16/2022
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Pearl, Ti West’s prequel to the 70s slasher-inspired X, is a far more claustrophobic study of psychological ruin and bodily decay than it is a gory exercise in picking off victims one by one. Unburdened by the heavy prosthetics and dual role that defined her performance in X, star and co-writer Mia Goth, that film’s de facto villain, gives a gloriously unsettling performance as the now titular character depicted during her early 20s in 1918. Pearl lives under the domineering thumb of her German mother Ruth (Tandi Wright), cares for her Spanish flu-stricken father (Matthew Sunderland) and desperately yearns for […]
The post “Emotional Heartbreak Can Be Dangerous”: Ti West on His Technicolor X Prequel Pearl first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “Emotional Heartbreak Can Be Dangerous”: Ti West on His Technicolor X Prequel Pearl first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 9/16/2022
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
One of the core tenets of American mythology is the "rags to riches" story, the idea that any anonymous individual can, through sheer ambition and force of will, achieve lasting success in life. Nowhere is this myth best utilized than in the numerous stories about people making it big in show business. Most films about this topic throw enough hardship at their protagonists to keep things feeling realistic, but they make sure to perpetuate the myth: most of these stories have a happy ending worthy of a fairy tale.
"Pearl" is a different kind of fairy tale, and its emotionally harrowing finale subversively looks like a Technicolor happy ending while being anything but. This shouldn't come as much surprise to those who saw "X," which was co-writer and director Ti West's initial installment in what we now know is a trilogy of films. In "X," star Mia Goth portrayed both that film's nubile lead,...
"Pearl" is a different kind of fairy tale, and its emotionally harrowing finale subversively looks like a Technicolor happy ending while being anything but. This shouldn't come as much surprise to those who saw "X," which was co-writer and director Ti West's initial installment in what we now know is a trilogy of films. In "X," star Mia Goth portrayed both that film's nubile lead,...
- 9/16/2022
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Pearl Review — Pearl (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Ti West, written by Mia Goth and Ti West and starring Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Emma Jenkins-Purro, Alistair Sewell, Matthew Sunderland and Tandi Wright. Mia Goth takes campy acting to a new level in what could be called the definitive female American Psycho movie, [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Pearl (2022): Mia Goth is Excellent in Prequel to X but the New Film is Much Different in Style...
Continue reading: Film Review: Pearl (2022): Mia Goth is Excellent in Prequel to X but the New Film is Much Different in Style...
- 9/16/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
There are a lot of shocking moments strewn throughout Pearl. But maybe the most shocking thing about it, in a larger sense, is that it actually turned out to be better than the movie it sprang from.
During a mandatory quarantine in New Zealand prior to shooting X, Ti West and star Mia Goth fleshed out an origin story for Pearl, the murderous elderly woman in that movie played by a prosthetically aged-up Goth. Improbably, the outlines of those discussions became the script for Pearl. Shot in secret immediately following the filming of X, the prequel looks and sounds like no other horror movie you’ll see this year and features a jaw-dropping performance from Goth, whose psychotic grin will be burned into the back of audiences’ minds for a long time to come.
The movie is set in 1918, and West’s presentation feels appropriate to the setting, with rich...
During a mandatory quarantine in New Zealand prior to shooting X, Ti West and star Mia Goth fleshed out an origin story for Pearl, the murderous elderly woman in that movie played by a prosthetically aged-up Goth. Improbably, the outlines of those discussions became the script for Pearl. Shot in secret immediately following the filming of X, the prequel looks and sounds like no other horror movie you’ll see this year and features a jaw-dropping performance from Goth, whose psychotic grin will be burned into the back of audiences’ minds for a long time to come.
The movie is set in 1918, and West’s presentation feels appropriate to the setting, with rich...
- 9/16/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
The Stranger Trailer — Thomas M. Wright‘s The Stranger (2022) movie trailer has been released by Netflix. The The Stranger trailer stars Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Steve Mouzakis, Jada Alberts, Brendan Cooney, Mike Foenander, Alan Dukes, Matthew Sunderland, and Jeff Lang. Crew Thomas M. Wright wrote the screenplay for The Stranger. Plot Synopsis The Stranger‘s plot synopsis: [...]
Continue reading: The Stranger (2022) Movie Trailer: Joel Edgerton & Sean Harris are Involved in a Cop Operation to Catch a Murderer...
Continue reading: The Stranger (2022) Movie Trailer: Joel Edgerton & Sean Harris are Involved in a Cop Operation to Catch a Murderer...
- 9/15/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Ti West’s X prequel, Pearl, screened last night at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of its Midnight Madness lineup. The most shocking part, perhaps, is what came after the screening.
A quick VHS-style teaser popped up post credits to reveal a 1985 setting and a title card: MaXXXine. A third movie that’s coming soon from West and A24.
That’s right. We’ll see more of Maxine (Mia Goth) years after she survived the events of X.
While West remained tight-lipped about what we can expect from this upcoming sequel, he did say this: “What I can tell you is that we’re going to catch up with Maxine. And we’re going to find out what she’s up to. The way that X is a movie that is informed by and affected by independent exploitation auteur Americana and 1970s cinema, and Pearl is perhaps affected...
A quick VHS-style teaser popped up post credits to reveal a 1985 setting and a title card: MaXXXine. A third movie that’s coming soon from West and A24.
That’s right. We’ll see more of Maxine (Mia Goth) years after she survived the events of X.
While West remained tight-lipped about what we can expect from this upcoming sequel, he did say this: “What I can tell you is that we’re going to catch up with Maxine. And we’re going to find out what she’s up to. The way that X is a movie that is informed by and affected by independent exploitation auteur Americana and 1970s cinema, and Pearl is perhaps affected...
- 9/13/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Click here to read the full article.
A24 and director Ti West have unveiled MaXXXine as the third film set in the world of their X slasher horror franchise.
The announcement was made last night at the Toronto Film Festival as part of the Midnight Madness program during a screening of Pearl at the Royal Alexander Theatre. West will write and direct MaXXXine, with Mia Goth reprising one of her two roles in X.
In the third installment, Maxine (Goth) after the events of X is the sole survivor continuing her journey towards fame as an actress in 1980s Los Angeles. Pearl, the sequel to X, world premiered in Venice and had its North American premiere in Toronto on Monday.
Goth, who played Pearl in West’s horror slasher X for A24, returned for Pearl to reveal the origins of her iconic villain character where she’s a starry-eyed farm...
A24 and director Ti West have unveiled MaXXXine as the third film set in the world of their X slasher horror franchise.
The announcement was made last night at the Toronto Film Festival as part of the Midnight Madness program during a screening of Pearl at the Royal Alexander Theatre. West will write and direct MaXXXine, with Mia Goth reprising one of her two roles in X.
In the third installment, Maxine (Goth) after the events of X is the sole survivor continuing her journey towards fame as an actress in 1980s Los Angeles. Pearl, the sequel to X, world premiered in Venice and had its North American premiere in Toronto on Monday.
Goth, who played Pearl in West’s horror slasher X for A24, returned for Pearl to reveal the origins of her iconic villain character where she’s a starry-eyed farm...
- 9/13/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bloody Disgusting’s Pearl review is spoiler-free.
Writer/Director Ti West nestled his ode to independent, exploitation filmmaking into ‘70s set slasher X. For its prequel, West rewinds the clock much further to pay tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood. Mia Goth reprises her role as the repressed killer Pearl, this time exploring a much different, younger side. Pearl makes for a vastly different viewing experience thanks to its drastic shifts in style, tone, and cinematic influences, but with enough connective tissue to enrich its predecessor.
Set in 1918, Pearl longs to get away from her family’s farm. Her husband is away at war. She lives with her strict German mother (Tandi Wright) and is forced to care for her sickly father (Matthew Sunderland). Pearl is a dreamer, though; she spends her time shirking responsibilities, sneaking off to the movies, or dancing around the barn and at home. After...
Writer/Director Ti West nestled his ode to independent, exploitation filmmaking into ‘70s set slasher X. For its prequel, West rewinds the clock much further to pay tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood. Mia Goth reprises her role as the repressed killer Pearl, this time exploring a much different, younger side. Pearl makes for a vastly different viewing experience thanks to its drastic shifts in style, tone, and cinematic influences, but with enough connective tissue to enrich its predecessor.
Set in 1918, Pearl longs to get away from her family’s farm. Her husband is away at war. She lives with her strict German mother (Tandi Wright) and is forced to care for her sickly father (Matthew Sunderland). Pearl is a dreamer, though; she spends her time shirking responsibilities, sneaking off to the movies, or dancing around the barn and at home. After...
- 9/13/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Emma Jenkins-Purro | Written by Ti West, Mia Goth | Directed by Ti West
Mia Goth reprises her role as Pearl in Ti West’s prequel to this year’s X, co-written with Goth while on lockdown during production, and shot on the same New Zealand locations. Combining a fabulous visual aesthetic with a delightfully unhinged central performance and some spectacular gore moments, this is an unabashed genre treat that’s full of surprises.
Pearl takes place in 1918, some 60 years before the events of X, in which the members of a porn shoot at a remote farmhouse were menaced by a horny old lady. As the rest of the world deals with the tail end of WWI and the global outbreak of Spanish Flu, 20-something Pearl (Goth) is forced to work on her family farm, where her duties include looking after her severely...
Mia Goth reprises her role as Pearl in Ti West’s prequel to this year’s X, co-written with Goth while on lockdown during production, and shot on the same New Zealand locations. Combining a fabulous visual aesthetic with a delightfully unhinged central performance and some spectacular gore moments, this is an unabashed genre treat that’s full of surprises.
Pearl takes place in 1918, some 60 years before the events of X, in which the members of a porn shoot at a remote farmhouse were menaced by a horny old lady. As the rest of the world deals with the tail end of WWI and the global outbreak of Spanish Flu, 20-something Pearl (Goth) is forced to work on her family farm, where her duties include looking after her severely...
- 9/5/2022
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
What’s the matter with Pearl? Plenty, as it turns out in Ti West’s terrifically enjoyable postscript to his spring release X, which saw a 1970s film crew fall brutally afoul of an elderly farmer and his wife while shooting a porno in their barn. Unusually for a horror film, X had the same actress — Mia Goth — as both the final kill (the farmer’s psychotic wife Pearl) and the final girl (sex-film starlet Maxine), and this intelligent, not to mention almost indecently hasty prequel explains the reasons.
Pearl, screening out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, is that rare horror franchise follow-up that, while mindful of expectations from its predecessor’s core gore audience, has considered artful new ways to drill down into the essence of the original.
First, a quick digression into the appeal of X and Ti West’s films in general: West has an...
Pearl, screening out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, is that rare horror franchise follow-up that, while mindful of expectations from its predecessor’s core gore audience, has considered artful new ways to drill down into the essence of the original.
First, a quick digression into the appeal of X and Ti West’s films in general: West has an...
- 9/4/2022
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
From the very first moments of Pearl, it's evident that filmmaker Ti West isn't looking to tread the same ground that he did with X, his previous effort. As the credits come up for his latest, it immediately whisks viewers back to that iconic time in Hollywood during the 1930s and ‘40s when filmmakers began embracing lavishly complete storytelling, the utilization of sound, technicolor as a means of heightening films with a stunning color palette, and other technological advancements that inspired moviegoers to head to their local theater on a weekly basis. Every frame of Pearl feels like it was made as a tribute to this phase of American cinema, but at the same time, it’s also infused with a wickedly subversive undercurrent of malice and perversion, making for a fascinating viewing experience.
In fact, if someone asked me the best way to summarize the approach of Pearl, the...
In fact, if someone asked me the best way to summarize the approach of Pearl, the...
- 9/4/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Something’s not quite right with Pearl, who wields a pitchfork less like a tool than a sex toy when tending the family farm. Such macabre behavior will come as no surprise to fans of Ti West’s “X,” who met the character in her advanced years, horny and homicidal, killing the amateur adult film crew staying on her property, then feeding their pieces to a grateful alligator. West wrapped that early-2022 horror offering with a trippy teaser for “Pearl,” a stand-alone origin story rendered in the style of a Douglas Sirk melodrama. The trailer suggested something practically avant-garde, with a dance scene, dream sequences and a super-saturated color scheme, but the reality is more mundane than A24 audiences have come to expect.
Whereas “X” unspooled like a backwater “Texas Chain Saw Massacre” homage with a lascivious Russ Meyer streak, this turns out to be a fairly straightforward cross between...
Whereas “X” unspooled like a backwater “Texas Chain Saw Massacre” homage with a lascivious Russ Meyer streak, this turns out to be a fairly straightforward cross between...
- 9/3/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Well, it was certainly an economical choice. When Ti West made his return to horror filmmaking with this spring’s “X” — a gritty, grimy porn slasher that leaned hard on its ’70s vibe — the director behind such indie horror gems as “The House of the Devil” and “The Innkeepers” didn’t skimp on the blood and guts, offering up too much to (literally!) fill out just one film. While “X” boasted an eclectic and exciting cast, featuring everyone from Jenna Ortega and Brittany Snow to Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi and Martin Henderson, eagle-eyed audience members clued in early to its real casting trick: Mia Goth in a delightfully dark pair of different roles, including a particularly murderous one that buried her under gobs of old-age makeup.
Two for the price of one? Talk about indie ingenuity. But West went even further, not just casting a remarkable Goth in two roles,...
Two for the price of one? Talk about indie ingenuity. But West went even further, not just casting a remarkable Goth in two roles,...
- 9/3/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
A24 will be giving director Ti West’s Pearl, a prequel to his film X (which was released earlier this year, and now you can watch it at This Link), a theatrical release on September 16th… and since I loved X, I’m hyped to check this one out. In anticipation of the film’s quickly approaching release date, a batch of new images from Pearl have shown up on the film’s IMDb page, and you can check them out at the bottom of this article.
X was set in 1979. Written by West and star Mia Goth, Pearl turns the clock back to 1918 to tell the following story:
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide,...
X was set in 1979. Written by West and star Mia Goth, Pearl turns the clock back to 1918 to tell the following story:
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide,...
- 9/2/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Mia Goth is back in A24‘s “X-traordinary origin story” Pearl, Ti West‘s brand new feature film prequel to this year’s X. Pearl will be released theatrically on September 16, 2022.
From Fandango this morning, check out a brand new image below.
This September’s new prequel movie is set in 1918, decades prior to the 1970s-set X, which was released in theaters back in March of this year. Goth played the dual role of Pearl, a senior citizen, and Maxine, the film’s final girl. The film ends with Maxine killing Pearl, who along with her husband Howard had been brutally slaying Maxine’s friends throughout the movie.
But where did Pearl’s story begin, you ask?
“Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies,...
From Fandango this morning, check out a brand new image below.
This September’s new prequel movie is set in 1918, decades prior to the 1970s-set X, which was released in theaters back in March of this year. Goth played the dual role of Pearl, a senior citizen, and Maxine, the film’s final girl. The film ends with Maxine killing Pearl, who along with her husband Howard had been brutally slaying Maxine’s friends throughout the movie.
But where did Pearl’s story begin, you ask?
“Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies,...
- 8/24/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Pearl Trailer — Ti West‘s Pearl (2022) movie trailer has been released by A24. The Pearl trailer stars Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, and Matthew Sunderland. Crew Ti West wrote the screenplay for Pearl. “It’s produced by Jacob Jaffke, Harrison Kreiss, and Kevin Turen.” Poster Pearl Movie Poster Plot Synopsis Pearl‘s plot synopsis: “Set during World [...]
Continue reading: Pearl (2022) Movie Trailer: A Boarding House Turns into a Massacre During World War I in Ti West’s X Prequel Film...
Continue reading: Pearl (2022) Movie Trailer: A Boarding House Turns into a Massacre During World War I in Ti West’s X Prequel Film...
- 7/31/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Click here to read the full article.
Mia Goth, who played Pearl in Ti West’s horror slasher X for A24, is back to reveal the origins of her iconic villain character in Pearl, which dropped its trailer ahead of a Sept. 16, 2022 release.
“Please Lord, make me the biggest star the world has ever known,” a young Pearl says at one point in the trailer, before we see her pushing an old man in a wheelchair to the end of a pier alongside an alligator-infested lake.
Director West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X, as we see Pearl trapped on her family’s isolated farm. The young woman must care for her ailing father amid the overbearing scrutiny of her devout mother.
Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide as she wields a...
Mia Goth, who played Pearl in Ti West’s horror slasher X for A24, is back to reveal the origins of her iconic villain character in Pearl, which dropped its trailer ahead of a Sept. 16, 2022 release.
“Please Lord, make me the biggest star the world has ever known,” a young Pearl says at one point in the trailer, before we see her pushing an old man in a wheelchair to the end of a pier alongside an alligator-infested lake.
Director West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X, as we see Pearl trapped on her family’s isolated farm. The young woman must care for her ailing father amid the overbearing scrutiny of her devout mother.
Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide as she wields a...
- 7/26/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The horrifying trailer for Ti West's "Pearl" is here. The film is a prequel to West's "X," and follows that movie's villain, Pearl, as a young woman growing up on a farm and searching for fame. In "X," Mia Goth played the elderly Pearl using prosthetics, and she reprises her role as the younger version of the character here. Ahead, watch the trailer for the new horror flick.
Back in March, West revealed the existence of "Pearl" at SXSW. "Pearl" was filming in a secret location in New Zealand and was already in post-production when "X" was released. Here's how A24 describes "Pearl:" "Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of 'X,' in this astonishing follow-up to the year's most acclaimed horror film. Trapped on her family's isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother.
Back in March, West revealed the existence of "Pearl" at SXSW. "Pearl" was filming in a secret location in New Zealand and was already in post-production when "X" was released. Here's how A24 describes "Pearl:" "Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of 'X,' in this astonishing follow-up to the year's most acclaimed horror film. Trapped on her family's isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother.
- 7/26/2022
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Pearl is the highly anticipated follow-up to Ti West's X, taking viewers further back in time to reveal the origin story of X's iconic villain. With the movie being released theatrically on September 16, 2022, here's a look at the brand-new trailer:
Synopsis: Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X, in this astonishing follow-up to the year’s most acclaimed horror film. Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies. Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide, in the stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X’s iconic villain.
Directed by Ti West Written by Ti West, Mia Goth Based on Characters Created By Ti West Produced by Jacob Jaffke, Ti West, Kevin Turen, Harrison Kreiss Executive Producers Mia Goth,...
Synopsis: Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X, in this astonishing follow-up to the year’s most acclaimed horror film. Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies. Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide, in the stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X’s iconic villain.
Directed by Ti West Written by Ti West, Mia Goth Based on Characters Created By Ti West Produced by Jacob Jaffke, Ti West, Kevin Turen, Harrison Kreiss Executive Producers Mia Goth,...
- 7/26/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
"I'm worried there may be something real wrong with me..." A24 has unveiled the first official trailer for Pearl, a prequel to Ti West's horror film X that opened earlier this year. It was also just announced as a premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival. Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X, in this astonishing follow-up to the year’s most acclaimed horror film. Trapped on her family's isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she's seen in the movies, Pearl's ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide, in the stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X's iconic villain. The whole movie is a spoiler for X, but you should've seen it by now anyway! This "surprise" prequel was shot back-to-back with X last year in New Zealand.
- 7/26/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
We're back with another installment of Horror Highlights! Today, check out the red band trailer for Bloody Hell, learn more about the Midnight Musical Podcasts, and find out how you can take part in Dark Star Pictures' virtual film festival!
Watch the Red Band Trailer for Bloody Hell: "A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell… only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience."
Director: Alister Grierson Screenwriter: Robert Benjamin Cast: Ben O'Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, Meg Fraser, Ashlee Lollback Run Time: 94 Minutes Rating: Rated R for Bloody Violence, Gore, and Language Throughout Distributor: The Horror Collective
In Select Theaters, Drive-Ins and On Demand January 14, 2021, On DVD/Blu-Ray January 19, 2021
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Midnight Musicals Season 1 Trailer: "Welcome to the podcast musical underground. We are a...
Watch the Red Band Trailer for Bloody Hell: "A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell… only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience."
Director: Alister Grierson Screenwriter: Robert Benjamin Cast: Ben O'Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, Meg Fraser, Ashlee Lollback Run Time: 94 Minutes Rating: Rated R for Bloody Violence, Gore, and Language Throughout Distributor: The Horror Collective
In Select Theaters, Drive-Ins and On Demand January 14, 2021, On DVD/Blu-Ray January 19, 2021
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Midnight Musicals Season 1 Trailer: "Welcome to the podcast musical underground. We are a...
- 1/15/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Tagline: "One Hell of a Fairy Tale." Bloody Hell is a horror film set in Helsinki, Finland. Here, a man (Ben O'Toole) is attempting to escape his past, but finds himself in much worse circumstances. From director Alister Grierson (Sanctum), Bloody Hell also stars: Meg Fraser (Leech), Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland - amongst others. The film's Red Band trailer has been released, along with theatrical times. Bloody Hell is a restricted feature and will play across several U.S. cities this weekend. This film will play in: Arizona, California, Texas and several other states. The theatrical launch begins this January 15th and will last as long as horror fans support this release. The Entertainment Squad and the Horror Collective will host the theatrical launch and the details are linked below. Release Date: January 15th, 2020 (Theatrical). Director: Alister Grierson. Cast: Ben O'Toole, Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer,...
- 1/14/2021
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
"Why aren't you dead?" The Horror Collective has released an official red band trailer for Bloody Hell, described as a "pitch-black horror comedy" from Australian filmmaker Alister Grierson (of Sanctum). This played at the Nightstream Film Festival last year and debuts on VOD this month. Bloody Hell is described as "a fiendishly fun rollercoaster horror film set between Boise, Idaho and Helsinki, Finland which follows our lead character Rex Coen played by Ben O'Toole (Nekrotronic), a man with a mysterious past who flees the country to escape his own personal hell – only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse." Once he arrives in Finland, he finds himself tied up in some kind of demented family's house. The cast includes Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, David Hill, and Caleb Enoka. This looks extra fucked up and freaky - and but I still want to visit Finland.
- 1/13/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In today's Horror Highlights: the motion trailer for the upcoming Dracula graphic novel, details on the acquisitions of Caveat and Bloody Hell, and an interview for Noise in the Middle!
New Motion Trailer for Legendary Comics' Dracula starring Bela Lugosi Graphic Novel: "Bram Stoker. Bela Lugosi. Two names forever bound by Dracula. And for the first time ever, Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece is being united with the definitive screen Dracula, Bela Lugosi, in Legendary Comics' all new graphic novel!
In the late 19th Century, Dracula, an ancient Transylvanian vampire, moves to England to find fresh blood and spread his evil contagion. There, he encounters two women, Lucy and Mina, who become the targets of his dark obsession. Aided by a group of brave men, Professor Van Helsing arrives on the scene to take on the Vampire Prince in the ultimate battle between the forces of light and dark!"
Creative...
New Motion Trailer for Legendary Comics' Dracula starring Bela Lugosi Graphic Novel: "Bram Stoker. Bela Lugosi. Two names forever bound by Dracula. And for the first time ever, Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece is being united with the definitive screen Dracula, Bela Lugosi, in Legendary Comics' all new graphic novel!
In the late 19th Century, Dracula, an ancient Transylvanian vampire, moves to England to find fresh blood and spread his evil contagion. There, he encounters two women, Lucy and Mina, who become the targets of his dark obsession. Aided by a group of brave men, Professor Van Helsing arrives on the scene to take on the Vampire Prince in the ultimate battle between the forces of light and dark!"
Creative...
- 10/28/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
‘Dirt Music.’
The launches last weekend of Gregor Jordan’s Dirt Music and Alister Grierson’s Bloody Hell underline the challenges facing independent films in a theatrical market that is severely weakened by the Victorian shutdown, limits on seating capacity and the absence of Hollywood tentpoles.
Universal mounted a substantial marketing campaign for Jordan’s romantic drama based on the Tim Winton novel, while Grierson’s dark comedic thriller opened on 50 screens across the Event Cinemas, Birch Carroll & Coyle and Greater Union circuits.
Starring Kelly Macdonald, Garrett Hedlund and David Wenham, Dirt Music grossed $188,000 on 201 screens and $300,000 including previews, more than a year after its world premiere in Toronto.
Exhibitors were disappointed. “I would definitely have expected more from a high profile Aussie film based on a best seller,” Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Gm Alex Temesvari tells If.
Majestic Cinemas’ CEO Kieren Dell says: “Dirt Music has been struggling; I...
The launches last weekend of Gregor Jordan’s Dirt Music and Alister Grierson’s Bloody Hell underline the challenges facing independent films in a theatrical market that is severely weakened by the Victorian shutdown, limits on seating capacity and the absence of Hollywood tentpoles.
Universal mounted a substantial marketing campaign for Jordan’s romantic drama based on the Tim Winton novel, while Grierson’s dark comedic thriller opened on 50 screens across the Event Cinemas, Birch Carroll & Coyle and Greater Union circuits.
Starring Kelly Macdonald, Garrett Hedlund and David Wenham, Dirt Music grossed $188,000 on 201 screens and $300,000 including previews, more than a year after its world premiere in Toronto.
Exhibitors were disappointed. “I would definitely have expected more from a high profile Aussie film based on a best seller,” Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Gm Alex Temesvari tells If.
Majestic Cinemas’ CEO Kieren Dell says: “Dirt Music has been struggling; I...
- 10/12/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
"My family... they're insane!" From one hell to another hell! The first promo trailer has debuted for a crazy Australian / US horror dark comedy film titled Bloody Hell, from filmmaker Alister Grierson. Bloody Hell is described as "a fiendishly fun rollercoaster horror film set between Boise, Idaho and Helsinki, Finland which follows our lead character Rex Coen played by Ben O'Toole (Nekrotronic), a man with a mysterious past who flees the country to escape his own personal hell – only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse." Once he arrives in Finland, he finds himself tied up in some kind of demented family's house of hell. It's premiering at a few international genre festivals this fall including Fantasy Filmfest and the Molins Film Festival. The cast includes Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, David Hill, and Caleb Enoka. This looks so crazy and weird and brutal and bloody as all hell.
- 9/8/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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